most strikeouts allowed from september 3, 1991 to april 22, 2017

Between September 3, 1991 and April 22, 2017, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 4,336 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from september 3, 1991 to april 22, 2017

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,336	525	267	132	.669	511	3.17	90	34	2	3564.1	2,874	1,256	1,410	356	1,152	173	6	33	14,570	85	10.95	2.91	3.76	0.90	29.8	7.9	1.13	.294	3.56	7.26
2	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,154	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2827.1	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	7.07
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,057	475	224	125	.642	474	3.28	44	19	0	3189.1	2,732	1,161	1,277	250	1,098	116	0	36	13,222	100	8.63	3.10	2.78	0.71	23.1	8.3	1.20	.285	3.60	7.71
4	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,023	484	212	135	.611	431	3.42	83	20	13	3138.0	2,867	1,193	1,252	339	650	51	40	37	12,735	65	8.67	1.86	4.65	0.97	23.7	5.1	1.12	.292	3.59	8.22
5	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,785	531	268	149	.643	530	3.68	57	23	0	3523.2	3,419	1,439	1,539	371	771	59	0	29	14,424	69	7.11	1.97	3.61	0.95	19.3	5.3	1.19	.292	3.93	8.73
6	CC Sabathia	2,740	486	225	142	.613	486	3.69	38	12	0	3191.2	3,022	1,310	1,431	318	968	105	0	43	13,330	67	7.73	2.73	2.83	0.90	20.6	7.3	1.25	.294	4.04	8.52
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,674	575	284	166	.631	575	3.00	79	27	0	3895.2	3,617	1,300	1,453	280	623	108	0	114	15,678	47	6.18	1.44	4.29	0.65	17.1	4.0	1.09	.278	3.36	8.36
8	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,592	619	175	113	.608	377	3.19	38	14	154	2791.2	2,466	990	1,071	227	752	49	204	74	11,414	104	8.36	2.42	3.45	0.73	22.7	6.6	1.15	.287	3.45	7.95
9	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,536	450	165	160	.508	443	4.22	28	8	0	2840.0	2,784	1,331	1,431	373	763	88	5	58	11,935	76	8.04	2.42	3.32	1.18	21.2	6.4	1.25	.295	4.53	8.82
10	A.J. Burnett	2,513	435	164	157	.511	430	3.99	24	10	0	2731.1	2,519	1,210	1,328	263	1,100	143	1	35	11,665	161	8.28	3.62	2.28	0.87	21.5	9.4	1.32	.295	4.38	8.30
11	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,448	531	256	153	.626	521	3.85	26	4	0	3316.0	3,448	1,418	1,572	288	1,031	55	3	42	14,074	69	6.64	2.80	2.37	0.78	17.4	7.3	1.35	.308	4.27	9.36
12	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,383	513	234	164	.588	504	3.94	36	13	0	3196.1	3,250	1,399	1,522	382	893	60	1	46	13,474	42	6.71	2.51	2.67	1.08	17.7	6.6	1.30	.294	4.29	9.15
13	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,284	363	156	110	.586	363	3.16	25	11	0	2440.1	2,190	858	956	208	696	83	0	16	10,010	134	8.42	2.57	3.28	0.77	22.8	7.0	1.18	.294	3.53	8.08
14	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,219	356	174	108	.617	356	3.50	23	7	0	2361.1	2,095	917	997	220	710	80	0	23	9,763	74	8.46	2.71	3.13	0.84	22.7	7.3	1.19	.287	3.80	7.98
15	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2,207	388	152	126	.547	377	3.63	15	6	0	2377.0	2,134	960	1,011	259	708	78	3	42	9,838	46	8.36	2.68	3.12	0.98	22.4	7.2	1.20	.285	3.83	8.08
16	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,164	420	177	137	.564	419	3.88	18	8	0	2687.2	2,714	1,158	1,263	287	768	121	0	29	11,375	115	7.25	2.57	2.82	0.96	19.0	6.8	1.30	.302	4.23	9.09
17	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	2,156	627	200	180	.526	463	4.41	33	6	22	3226.1	3,152	1,582	1,791	418	1,205	186	78	33	13,939	134	6.01	3.36	1.79	1.17	15.5	8.6	1.35	.274	5.00	8.79
18	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,136	343	137	96	.588	342	3.31	15	7	0	2240.1	1,997	823	879	249	601	67	0	41	9,168	44	8.58	2.41	3.55	1.00	23.3	6.6	1.16	.286	3.53	8.02
19	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,119	549	255	153	.625	549	3.47	39	20	0	3561.2	3,478	1,375	1,494	287	1,238	50	0	118	15,015	44	5.35	3.13	1.71	0.73	14.1	8.2	1.32	.282	3.78	8.79
20	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	2,117	416	203	105	.659	390	3.38	67	20	1	2749.1	2,646	1,034	1,135	236	592	81	6	28	11,287	56	6.93	1.94	3.58	0.77	18.8	5.2	1.18	.292	3.72	8.66
21	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,108	400	176	114	.607	390	3.18	58	15	0	2683.1	2,512	949	1,086	169	689	118	1	32	11,096	81	7.07	2.31	3.06	0.57	19.0	6.2	1.19	.292	3.64	8.43
22	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	2,083	451	169	152	.526	443	4.11	22	6	0	2720.1	2,770	1,243	1,357	296	843	74	3	46	11,616	67	6.89	2.79	2.47	0.98	17.9	7.3	1.33	.297	4.49	9.16
23	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	2,080	482	222	133	.625	479	3.49	26	13	0	3126.2	2,957	1,213	1,319	248	917	124	0	84	13,005	84	5.99	2.64	2.27	0.71	16.0	7.1	1.24	.281	3.80	8.51
24	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	2,075	579	132	133	.498	351	4.35	11	3	87	2387.0	2,347	1,154	1,250	267	1,071	91	186	47	10,412	80	7.82	4.04	1.94	1.01	19.9	10.3	1.43	.301	4.71	8.85
25	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,041	394	156	102	.605	353	3.42	16	5	1	2278.0	2,157	865	930	220	555	59	8	20	9,380	69	8.06	2.19	3.68	0.87	21.8	5.9	1.19	.298	3.67	8.52

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